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POMPEII
designs, the last stage in the development of Pompeian wall
decoration. In the fifth period marble began to be employed
as a building material; the earliest dated example of its use is
the temple of Fortuna Augusta, erected about 3 b.c.
The sixteen years between the earthquake of 63 a.d. and the
destruction of the city form the sixth period in the architectural
history of Pompeii. The buildings belonging to it can be easily
recognized, not only from their similarity in style and ornament,
but also from certain external characteristics, as newness of ap-
pearance, unfinished condition, and the joining of new to broken
walls. The only important building wholly new is the large
bathing establishment, the Central Baths, at the corner of
Stabian and Nola streets. For the rest, effort seems to have
been directed toward restoring the ruined buildings as nearly as
possible to their original condition. The wall decoration
throughout is of the Intricate Style.
The measurements of buildings in the Roman Period con-
form to the scale of the Roman foot, while the dimensions of
structures antedating the Roman colony in most cases reduce
to the scale of the Oscan or old Italic foot. The Roman foot
(296 mm.) may be roughly reckoned at 0.97 of the English foot
(304.8 mm.); the Oscan foot (275 mm.) is considerably shorter.
As the Roman standard is of Greek origin, we occasionally find
a structure conforming to it that was designed by a Greek
architect before the Roman Period.
POMPEII
designs, the last stage in the development of Pompeian wall
decoration. In the fifth period marble began to be employed
as a building material; the earliest dated example of its use is
the temple of Fortuna Augusta, erected about 3 b.c.
The sixteen years between the earthquake of 63 a.d. and the
destruction of the city form the sixth period in the architectural
history of Pompeii. The buildings belonging to it can be easily
recognized, not only from their similarity in style and ornament,
but also from certain external characteristics, as newness of ap-
pearance, unfinished condition, and the joining of new to broken
walls. The only important building wholly new is the large
bathing establishment, the Central Baths, at the corner of
Stabian and Nola streets. For the rest, effort seems to have
been directed toward restoring the ruined buildings as nearly as
possible to their original condition. The wall decoration
throughout is of the Intricate Style.
The measurements of buildings in the Roman Period con-
form to the scale of the Roman foot, while the dimensions of
structures antedating the Roman colony in most cases reduce
to the scale of the Oscan or old Italic foot. The Roman foot
(296 mm.) may be roughly reckoned at 0.97 of the English foot
(304.8 mm.); the Oscan foot (275 mm.) is considerably shorter.
As the Roman standard is of Greek origin, we occasionally find
a structure conforming to it that was designed by a Greek
architect before the Roman Period.